Hame-tug



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- W. M. LEROI-I.

HAME TUG.

No. 392,352. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT YVILLIAM LERCH, OEBALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HAM E-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,352, dated November6, 1888.

Application filed August 21, 1888. Serial No. 283,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. LEROH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Hame-Tugs, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in the draft-iron andmeans for attaching same to the leather tug and trace-buckle. Thisdraft-iron couples the leather tug with the hame. The complete device iscalled a hame-tug.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inrwhichFigure l is a front or top view of the harnetug. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the hame-tug. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views of thebuckle-coupling. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the draft-iron.

The draft-iron is a double bar or two paral lel bars of metal, A A, thetwo bars being united at one end by a loop or eye, I), which is tocouple with the hame. The two bars are of unequal though nearly the samelength and each bar has at its end a hole, 0 c. The leather partcomprises the usual straps, d d d, and the loop or keeper 0. It isimmaterial how the latter is attached. The buckle F is for connectionwith the trace. (Not shown.) I employ a coupling-hook, G, to connect thebuckle with both of the bars A A.

The improved coupling-hook G hasa body, h, with a cavity, 1', on onesurface and lugjin said cavity. Two hooks, G, project from the body, anda slot, k, separates the two hooks, and a flange, Z, at the end of theslot serves as a seat for the head of a rivet, m. The hooks are on oneside and the lug projects from the body at the opposite side. The faceof the hooks and the face of the body are on the same plane, as shown inFigs. 2 and 4.

The two bars of the draft-iron have position between the leather strapsdd J, and the draftiron eye 11 projects from the ends of said straps.The top strap, (1, is short enough to allow the end of the shortest bar,A, to project and expose its hole 0.

The cavity t of the coupling-hook rests on the exposed end of the shortbar A, and the (No model.)

lugj on said hook engages with the hole 0 on the bar. A rivet, m, hasits head seated on the flange Zof the coupling-hook and passes throughthe slot is and through the hole 0 in the end of the longest bar, A, andthrough the straps.

It will thus be seen that the coupling-hooks G are made fast to one barby the lugj and to the other bar by the rivet m. In other words, saidhooks are connected with both bars of the draft-iron, but to each bar bya separate fastening device. This gives great strength and durability tothe parts, and the strain of the trace pulling on the buckle F at oneend of the tug is transferred to the eye I) at the other.

end through the medium of the two bars A A, and said strain does notinvolve or affect the leather parts. The buckle F is engaged with thehooks G and is kept in place by the head of the rivet m.

The combination here shown of the draftiron having bars of unequallength and the coupling-hook connected to each of said bars by aseparate fastening device is new and useful without reference to'thespecial construction that is shown of the conpling-hook. The specialconstruction of the hook, however-that is to say, having the hooksproject atone side and thelug j projecting from the oppositeside-enables the hook device to be readily connected with both bars ofthe draft-iron after theleather parts have been stitched up. These partscomprise a hametug, and the rivet m is to be fastened after the eyeb hasbeen engaged with the usual ring on the heme.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1.. A heme-tug comprising thedraft-iron having double bars A A, of unequal length, united by a loop,I), the leather parts, a tracebuckle, and a coupling-hook connected withboth bars of the draft-iron,but to each bar by aseparate fasteningdevice, all substantially as described.

2. In the herein-described hame-tug, the 9 iron having double bars ofunequal length In testimony whereof I affix my signature in united by aloop, I), and each bar provided at the presence of two witnesses. itsend with a hole, the leather parts, atracebuckle, a coupling devicehaving books which \VILLIAM M. LEROH. project at one side, and a lug, j,projecting from the side opposite the hooks, and a rivet, \Vitnesses:

m, to fasten the coupling device to the longest J NO. '1. MADDOX,

bar and also confine the buckle. JOHN E. MORRIs.

